Sec. 6. Informed consent
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Section 2031 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 5 of this Act, is further amended by inserting after subsection
(j)the following new subsection: No student shall be enrolled in the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps without the full and informed consent of both the student and the student's legal guardian. Students and legal guardians shall be notified of the voluntary nature of the program, process for disenrolling from the program, and the program’s requirements, including academic and physical expectations for students. The Secretary of Defense shall suspend any Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps unit found to have violated the full and informed consent requirement under paragraph (1). . Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, develop and implement a plan to collect affirmative, informed consent from students and their legal guardians before enrollment in the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, as required by subsection
(k)of section 2031 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a).